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Question 1: If students want to determine the position of a moving
object at a certain time, how do we determine the uncertainty in that
measurement? How reasonable is it for a high school kid to say, "I
measured 40.5cm ± 3cm" based solely on their own confidence in the
measurement? Is there a better way to determine this uncertainty?